JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696) J - Labor and Demographic Economics (1978) J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement (636) J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment (91)
Number of items at this level: 91.
Article
  • Acemoglu, Daron, Autor, David, Hazell, Jonathon, Restrepo, Pascual (2022). Artificial intelligence and jobs: evidence from online vacancies. Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), S293 - S340. https://doi.org/10.1086/718327 picture_as_pdf
  • Aghion, Philippe, Antonin, Celine, Bunel, Simon, Jaravel, Xavier (2023). The local labor market effects of modern manufacturing capital: evidence from France. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113, 219 - 223. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231039
  • Amior, Michael, Manning, Alan (2018). The persistence of local joblessness. American Economic Review, 108(7), 1942-1970. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160575
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Elsayed, Ahmed, Smurra, Andrea, Zipfel, Céline (2022). Young adults and labor markets in Africa. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36(1), 81 - 100. https://doi.org/10.1257/JEP.36.1.81 picture_as_pdf
  • Blundell, Richard, Costa Dias, Monica, Meghir, Costas, Van Reenen, John (2004). Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search assistance program. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2(4), 569-606. https://doi.org/10.1162/1542476041423368
  • Borusyak, Kirill, Hull, Peter, Jaravel, Xavier (2025). A practical guide to shift-share instruments. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 39(1), 181-204. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.20231370 picture_as_pdf
  • Brugiavini, Agar, Di Cataldo, Marco, Romani, Giulia (2025). Knowledge economy, internal migration, and local labour markets. Labour Economics, 97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102820 picture_as_pdf
  • Bryson, Alex, Nurmi, Satu (2011). Private sector employment growth, 1998-2004: a panel analysis of British workplaces. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(1), 85-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beq013
  • Campos, Raquel, Arrazola, María, de Hevia, José (2017). Finding the right employee online: determinants of internet recruitment in Spanish firms. Applied Economics, 50(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1319560
  • Choudhary, M. Ali, Gabriel, Vasco J., Rickman, Neil (2021). Individual incentives and workers' contracts: evidence from a field experiment. Oxford Economic Papers, 73(1), 248 - 272. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpz061
  • Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Khanna, Tarun, Makridis, Christos A., Schirmann, Kyle (2023). Is hybrid work the best of both worlds? Evidence from a field experiment. Review of Economics and Statistics, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01428 picture_as_pdf
  • Frantz, Elizabeth (2013). Jordan's unfree workforce: state-sponsored bonded labour in the Arab region. The Journal of Development Studies, 49(8), 1072-1087. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2013.780042
  • Gasparini, Leonardo, Cruces, Guillermo, Tornarolli, Leopoldo (2011). Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America. Economía, 11(2), 147 - 190. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2011.0002 picture_as_pdf
  • Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio, Sevilla, Almudena (2024). Trends in effort at work in the UK. Oxford Economic Papers, 76(3), 628-646. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpad043 picture_as_pdf
  • Gomez, Rafael, Santor, Eric (2001). Membership has its privileges: the effect of social capital and neighbourhood characteristics on the earnings of microfinance borrowers. Canadian Journal of Economics, 34(4), 943 - 966. https://doi.org/10.1111/0008-4085.00107 picture_as_pdf
  • Gonzalez Pampillon, Nicolas, Nunez Chaim, Gonzalo, Overman, Henry G. (2024). The economic impacts of the UK’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Journal of Urban Economics, 143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2024.103682 picture_as_pdf
  • Goos, Maarten, Manning, Alan, Salomons, Anna (2014). Explaining job polarization: routine-biased technological change and offshoring. American Economic Review, 104(8), 2509-2526. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.8.2509
  • Graetz, Georg, Michaels, Guy (2018). Robots at work. Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(5), 753-768. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00754
  • Hazell, Joe, Taska, Bledi (2025). Downward rigidity in the wage for new hires. American Economic Review, 115(12), 4183 - 4217. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20201793 picture_as_pdf
  • Hurst, Erik, Rubinstein, Yona, Shimizu, Kazuatsu (2024). Task-based discrimination. American Economic Review, 114(6), 1723 - 1768. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20220234 picture_as_pdf
  • Jofre-Monseny, Jordi, Sánchez-Vidal, Maria, Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet (2018). Big plant closures and local employment. Journal of Economic Geography, 18(1), 163-186. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx026
  • Jones, Sam, Manhique, Ivan (2025). Digital labour platforms as shock absorbers: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. Journal of African Economies, 34(1), 116 - 141. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejae002 picture_as_pdf
  • Kapetaniou, Chrystalla, Pissarides, Christopher (2025). Productive robots and industrial employment: the role of national innovation systems. International Economic Review, 66(1), 25 - 52. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12738 picture_as_pdf
  • Krauss, Alexander (2017). Understanding child labour beyond the standard economic assumption of monetary poverty. Cambridge Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bew019
  • Manacorda, Marco, Petrongolo, Barbara (2006). Regional mismatch and unemployment: theory and evidence from Italy, 1977–1998. Journal of Population Economics, 19(1), 137-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-005-0001-7
  • Manning, Alan (2005). Monopsony and labour demand. Cahiers Économique de Bruxelles, 48(1-2), 95-112.
  • Manning, Alan (2021). The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35(1), 3 - 26. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.1.3 picture_as_pdf
  • Michaels, Guy (2008). The effect of trade on the demand for skill: evidence from the interstate highway system. Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(4), 683-701. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.90.4.683
  • Michaels, Guy, Natraj, Ashwini, Van Reenen, John (2014). Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over 25 years. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(1), 60-77. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00366
  • Ngai, L. Rachel, Sevinc, Orhun (2025). A multisector perspective on wage stagnation. Review of Economic Dynamics, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2024.101269 picture_as_pdf
  • Nickell, Stephen (2003). Labour market institutions and unemployment in OECD countries. CESifo DICE Report, 1(2), 13-26.
  • O’Leary, Christopher, Cravo, Túlio, Sierra, Ana Cristina, Justino, Leandro (2021). Effects of job referrals on labor market outcomes in Brazil. Economía, 21(2), 157 - 186. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.228 picture_as_pdf
  • Paker, Meredith, Stephenson, Judy, Wallis, Patrick (2023). Job tenure and unskilled workers before the Industrial Revolution: St Paul’s Cathedral 1672-1748. Journal of Economic History, 83(4), 1101 - 1137. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000347 picture_as_pdf
  • Paker, Meredith, Stephenson, Judy, Wallis, Patrick (2025). Nominal wage patterns, monopsony, and labour market power in early modern England. Economic History Review, 78(1), 179 - 206. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13346 picture_as_pdf
  • Sampson, Thomas (2014). Selection into trade and wage inequality. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 6(3), 157-202. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.6.3.157
  • Stanton, Christopher, Thomas, Catherine (2025). Who benefits from online gig economy platforms? American Economic Review, 115(6), 1857 - 1895. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20221189 picture_as_pdf
  • Van Reenen, John (2011). Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st century evidence. Labour Economics, 18(6), 730 - 741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2011.05.006
    • Chapter
  • Bond, Stephen, Van Reenen, John (2007). Microeconometric models of investment and employment. In Heckman, James J., Leamer, Edward E. (Eds.), Handbook of Econometrics (pp. 4417-4498). North-Holland. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1573-4412(07)06065-5
    • Report
  • Gordon, Ian R., Kaplanis, Ioannis (2012). Accounting for big city growth in low paid occupations: immigration and/or service class consumption. (SERC Policy Papers 106). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Online resource
  • Brinkley, Ian (2018). The future of work and how we can change it. picture_as_pdf
  • McGaughey, Ewan (2018). Automation and the billionaires' dystopia: how to defend economic democracy. picture_as_pdf
    • Working paper
  • Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin (2006). The effect of trade liberalization on informality and wages: evidence from Mexico. (CEPDP 763). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Alfaro-Ureña, Alonso, Manelici, Isabela, Vasquez Carvajal, Jose (2021). The effects of multinationals on workers: evidence from Costa Rica. (PEDL Research Paper). Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries.
  • Alfaro-Ureña, Alonso, Manelici, Isabela, Vasquez Carvajal, Jose (2019). The effects of multinationals on workers: evidence from Costa Rica. (IRLE Working Paper 112-19). University of California, Berkeley.
  • Alfaro-Ureña, Alonso, Manelici, Isabela, Vasquez Carvajal, Jose (2021). The effects of multinationals on workers: evidence from Costa Rican microdata. (Working Paper 285). Princeton University.
  • Arntz, Melanie, Findeisen, Sebastian, Maurer, Stephan, Schlenker, Oliver (2024). Are we yet sick of new technologies? The unequal health effects of digitalization. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1984). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Baksy, Aniket, Chandler, Daniel, Lambert, Peter John (2025). Anatomy of automation: CNC machines and industrial robots in UK manufacturing, 2005-2023. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2131). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Boehm, Michael J. (2013). Has job polarization squeezed the middle class? Evidence from the allocation of talents. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1215). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Boehm, Michael J., Watzinger, Martin (2012). The allocation of talent over the business cycle and its effect on sectoral productivity. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1143). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Boeri, Tito Michele, Garibaldi, Pietro (2019). A tale of comprehensive labor market reforms: evidence from the Italian Jobs Act. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1613). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bryson, Alex, Chevalier, Arnaud (2014). What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League. (CEP Discussion Papers 1283). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bryson, Alex, Chevalier, Arnaud (2014). What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League. (NIESR Discussion Paper 427). National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
  • Bryson, Alex, Nurmi, Satu (2008). Private sector employment growth, 1998-2004: a panel analysis of British workplaces. (CEPDP 861). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bryson, Alex, White, Michael (2006). Unions, within-workplace job cuts and job security guarantees. (CEPDP 733). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Danchev, Svetoslav, Genakos, Christos (2015). Evaluating the impact of Sunday trading deregulation. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1336). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Draca, Mirko, Machin, Stephen, Van Reenen, John (2006). Minimum wages and firm profitability. (CEP Discussion Papers 715). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Einiö, Elias (2016). The loss of production work: evidence from quasiexperimental identification of labour demand functions. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1451). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Faia, Ester, Ottaviano, Gianmarco Ireo Paolo, Spinella, Saverio (2023). Robot adoption, worker-firm sorting and wage inequality: evidence from administrative panel data. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1902). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Feng, Andy, Graetz, Georg (2015). Rise of the machines: the effects of labor-saving innovations on jobs and wages. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1330). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Gagliardi, Luisa, Iammarino, Simona, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2015). Offshoring and the geography of jobs in Great Britain. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0185). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta (1997). Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India? (DEDPS 1). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Giupponi, Giulia, Machin, Stephen (2018). Changing the structure of minimum wages: firm adjustment and wage spillovers. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1533). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Gonzalez Pampillon, Nicolas, Nunez Chaim, Gonzalo, Overman, Henry G. (2022). The economic impacts of the UK's Eat Out to Help Out scheme. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1865). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Goos, Maarten (2004). Sinking the blues: the impact of shop closing hours on labor and product markets. (CEPDP 664). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Graetz, Georg (2020). Labor demand in the past, present and future. (CEP Discussion Papers 1683). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Graetz, Georg, Michaels, Guy (2017). Is modern technology responsible for joblessrecoveries? (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1461). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Graetz, Georg, Michaels, Guy (2015). Robots at work. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1335). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Heath Milsom, Luke, Roland, Isabelle (2021). Minimum wages and the China syndrome: causal evidence from US local labor markets. (CEP Discussion Papers 1807). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Huber, Kilian (2015). The persistence of a banking crisis. (CEP Discussion Paper 1389). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Jackman, R., Layard, R., Nickell, S. (1996). Combatting unemployment: is flexibility enough? (CEP Discussion Paper No. 293). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Jofre-Monseny, Jordi, Sánchez-Vidal, Maria, Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet (2015). Big plant closures and agglomeration economies. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0179). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Kapetaniou, Chrystalla, Pissarides, Christoforos Antoniou (2023). Productive robots and industrial employment: the role of national innovation systems. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1906). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Kapetaniou, Chrystalla, Pissarides, Christopher (2020). Productive robots and industrial employment: the role of national innovation systems. (CFM Discussion Paper CFM-DP2020-23). Centre For Macroeconomics, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Konig, Felix Nikolaus (2019). Technical change and superstar effects: evidence from the roll-out of television. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1663). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Lembcke, Alexander (2014). The impact of mandatory entitlement to paid leave on employment in the UK. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1262). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Lordan, Grace, Neumark, David (2018). People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable. (Discussion Paper Series 11297). IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit).
  • Manacorda, Marco, Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina, Schady, Norbert (2005). Changes in returns to education in Latin America: the role of demand and supply of skills. (CEPDP 712). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Michaels, Guy (2007). The effect of trade on the demand for skill - evidence from the interstate highway system. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Michaels, Guy (2006). The effect of trade on the demand for skill - evidence from the interstate highway system. (CEPDP 772). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Michaels, Guy, Natraj, Ashwini, Van Reenen, John (2010). Has ICT polarized skill demand?: evidence from eleven countries over 25 Years. (CEP Discussion Paper 987). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Michelacci, Claudio, Silva, Olmo (2005). Why so many local entrepreneurs? (CEMFI Working Paper 0506). Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros.
  • Paker, Meredith, Stephenson, Judy, Wallis, Patrick (2022). Job tenure and unskilled workers before the Industrial Revolution: St Paul’s Cathedral 1672-1748. (Economic History Working Papers 343). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Paker, Meredith, Stephenson, Judy, Wallis, Patrick (2021). Unskilled labour before the Industrial Revolution. (Economic History Working Papers 322). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Pischke, Jorn-Steffen (2004). Labor market institutions, wages and investment. (CEPDP 652). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Schneider, Benjamin, Vipond, Hillary (2023). The past and future of work: how history can inform the age of automation. (Economic History Working Papers 354). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Silva, Olmo (2004). Entrepreneurship: can the Jack-of-all-trades attitude be acquired? (CEPDP 665). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Sterk, Vincent (2016). The dark corners of the labor market. (Staff Working Paper Series CFM-DP2016-03). Centre For Macroeconomics.
  • Van Reenen, John (2011). Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st century evidence. (CEP occasional papers 28). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Van Reenen, John, Freeman, Richard B. (2009). What if Congress doubled R&D spending on the physical sciences? (CEP Discussion Papers 931). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • White, Michael, Bryson, Alex (2006). Unions, job reductions and job security guarantees: the experience of British employees. (CEPDP 745). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Yashiv, Eran (2007). Labor search and matching in macroeconomics. (CEPDP 803). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.